Programme Summary

Assessment

This is to determine it is the right time and programme for the client.

Step 1: My hope for change

You will explore the context in which they live, both relationships and their circumstances.

Step 2: My Story

This is to enable your client to tell more of their story using a questionnaire, 'Exploring the Past'.

Step 3: How am I coping?

You will enable your client to look more clearly about what actually happened, who was involved and how the decisions were made.

Step 4: Managing anger and depression

With strong emotions emerging, this session brings many helpful practical exercises to understand and resolve these emotions.

Step 5: Resolving any guilt and shame

This is an opportunity for them to understand, work through and resolve these issues.

Step 6: Expressing my loss and grief

This session looks at how your client can successfully resolve often-invisible loss.

Step 7: Who was responsible?

This step involves a number of practical exercises to help the client work out where responsibility lies.

Step 8: Freeing myself and others

This sessions focuses on your client freeing themselves and others from issues that stem from their abortion experience.

Step 9: Accepting my past

This will help your client accept and let go of the past and begin to move forward into the future with hope.

Step 10: Doorway to the future

This final sessions helps prepare your client for significant occasions in the future as well as to set new goals for their life.